Medical Services

Are you eligible for an organ transplant? Once you’re referred to a transplant center by a primary care doctor, an evaluation process takes place.

Organ transplantation is a life-long commitment. Understand your insurance coverage and financial responsibility for ongoing care and medication.

Transplant rejection: Learn about the role of immunosuppressive drugs in kidney transplant rejection, other organ rejections, acute rejection vs chronic rejection, organ rejection symptoms.

Questions to ask your transplant team at every stage of the transplant process.

A new life with a transplanted organ begins in the hospital, right after the transplant operation. The average hospital stay for a liver transplant recipient is less than two weeks, with a stay of two to five days in the intensive care unit.

During the hospital stay, your care team will carefully monitor you. You’ll also receive extensive training on self-care at home and the drugs needed to protect the transplanted organ from rejection (called immunosuppressants).

Learn about what to expect after having a liver transplant at UVA.

Learn more about getting a referral to UVA, the evaluation process and waiting for a donor.

Learn about the life-long care required after receiving a new kidney.

Kidney transplantation: Referral, evaluation, recommendation, waiting for a donor.

Kidney transplantation: Referral, evaluation, recommendation, waiting for a donor.